Clown or Pirate?

You make the call!

The battle starts anew this Saturday night, dividing Seattle into two implacably opposed camps. It's the perennial grudge match pitting Seafair Clowns against Seafair Pirates. Who will be in which faction this year? See our official roster below.

With accounting ledgers safely buried in a treasure chest, Amazon's CBO (Chief Buccaneering Officer) leads his ship to profitability. Again the Jolly Roger flies high over PacMed.

RICK BELLUZZO

APOLO OHNO

Lasted 14 months as lackey/coffee boy to Bill and Steve in Redmond; currently seeking work as children's birthday party entertainer under old stage name, Belluzzo the Clown (specialty: balloon animals).

Left alone in New Democrat big top, overshadowed by glamorous wife, upstaged by adorable children, now left to carry the shovel behind state House elephants. (What's that we see through the greasepaint—a tiny clown tear?)

74-year-old harpy of the seas pirates thousands of dollars in day-stall fees from Pike Place Market traders; sentenced to do penance in market stockade, where merchants will fling fish at her.